ashish mishra: Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC cancels bail granted to main accused Ashish Mishra, asks him to surrender within a week | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled bail granted to Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and asked him to surrender within a week.
The apex court was hearing a plea seeking the cancellation of bail of Ashish Mishra, who is the son of Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra Teni. He was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court on February 10.
CJI N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said the HC erred by taking into consideration irrelevant facts and by treating FIR as gospel truth while granting bail to Ashish. The top court said HC also erred by not giving an opportunity to complainant to argue and oppose bail.
On April 4, a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana had reserved the order after hearing all the parties.

Family members of the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident had moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order, which granted bail to Ashish Mishra.
In the Special Leave Petition, family members of the deceased challenged the Allahabad High Court order dated February 10, 2022, wherein Ashish Mishra was granted regular bail. The petitioner said that the Allahabad HC order is unsustainable in law. They also said that they have approached the Apex Court as the State of Uttar Pradesh has failed to prefer any appeal against the impugned order.
Ashish Mishra was released from jail in February followed by Allahabad High Court granting him bail. Eight people, including four farmers, died in violence on October 3, 2020, in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had appointed a committee headed by retired Punjab and Haryana high court judge Rakesh Kumar Jain to monitor the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
(With inputs from agencies)